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DOI: 10.1108/03090590410527663
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A review of informal learning literature, theory and implications for practice in developing global professional competence

Abstract: to theorists Malcolm Knowles and other successive researchers. This paper explores the background and definitions of informal learning and applications to the global workplace. Informal learning's challenges are applied to developing global professional competence, including theory, practice and policy implications. The paper argues that informal learning plays a considerable role in developing professional expertise in the workplace and private life, yet believes no current theoretical model exists to balance… Show more

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“…These factors agree with those reported by Conlon (2004) and Hew and Cheung (2014) concerning the identification of barriers to informal learning at the workplace.…”
Section: Influential Factorssupporting
confidence: 80%
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“…These factors agree with those reported by Conlon (2004) and Hew and Cheung (2014) concerning the identification of barriers to informal learning at the workplace.…”
Section: Influential Factorssupporting
confidence: 80%
“…Yet, not all situations that generate learning come from formal actions. Workers also learn from different points of view, developing skills and making choices based on focusing on their own interests (Conlon, 2004).…”
Section: Types Of Learning At Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…No que se refere à aprendizagem informal, os trabalhos de Dewey e Lewin se destacam como estudos que deram origem à investigação sobre o tema (Conlon, 2004). Estudos concluíram que 80 a 90% da aprendizagem dos funcionários no local de trabalho ocorrem por meios informais (Marsick & Watkins, 1990;Sorohan, 1993).…”
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“…A aprendizagem informal apresenta maior sutileza e não conta com objetivos, métodos e recursos definidos sistematicamente com antecedência. É predominantemente não institucional e experimental (CONLON, 2004;ERAUT, 2004). Não está atrelada a um tutor; não demanda planejamento prévio; tem, geralmente, aplicabilidade e transferência imediata; não há controle da organização acerca do que é aprendido, podendo estar ou não atrelada aos objetivos organizacionais ou a algum tipo de qualificação (LAI; KHADDAGE; KNEZEK, 2013;PANTOJA;BORGES-ANDRADE, 2009, COELHO JÚNIOR;BORGES-ANDRADE, 2008;ERAUT, 2004).…”
Section: Aprendizagem Individual Nas Organizações E a Sua Variabilidadeunclassified